SEATTLE—Jose Vidro's two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the eighth broke a 2-all tie, and Arthur Rhodes picked up his first win in nearly three years as the Seattle Mariners beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-2 on Tuesday night.

Seattle closer J.J. Putz returned after missing 18 games with a ribcage injury to pitch the ninth for his second save in three chances in his first appearance since April 1.

The Mariners' rally started with Yuniesky Betancourt's line drive double to right-center off Baltimore starter Jeremy Guthrie to open the eighth, beating Adam Jones' throw with a headfirst slide.

Guthrie appeared he was going to escape the jam, fooling Ichiro Suzuki, who weakly fouled out behind home plate on an off-speed pitch for the first out. Jose Lopez followed with a lineout to center.

Guthrie intentionally walked Raul Ibanez, but lost Adrian Beltre on a 3-2 pitch to load the bases. Vidro then lined a 1-1 pitch past second baseman Brian Roberts' diving attempt, scoring Betancourt and Ibanez.

Guthrie (0-2) went 7 2-3 innings, his longest outing of the season, but got very little offensive support. Guthrie allowed just five hits and three earned runs, striking out five, but walking four.

Rhodes (1-0) allowed a leadoff single to open the eighth in relief of Seattle's Felix Hernandez, but got a double-play and strike out for his first win since May 23, 2005, while pitching for Cleveland.

Putz, who converted 40 of 42 save opportunities

last year, gave up a leadoff double to Aubrey Huff to open the ninth, but struck out Jones on a high fastball and Ramon Hernandez on a splitter in the dirt. He closed it out getting a ground out from pinch-hitter Jay Payton.

Felix Hernandez settled down after a rocky start to pitch seven strong innings, but missed out on his chance at a third consecutive victory with one pitch to Aubrey Huff in the sixth.

Leading 2-1, Hernandez missed his spot on a 1-2 pitch to Huff, who golfed the offering out to deep right-center field for his third homer of the season, tying it at 2. It was his second homer this season against the Mariners.

Aside from that mistake, Hernandez retired 11 of the final 13 batters he faced, after giving up one run on two hits in the first inning. Hernandez allowed six hits total and struck out seven, following up on his complete game win over Oakland last Wednesday.

Seattle took advantage of a defense lapse by Baltimore catcher Ramon Hernandez in the fifth to take the lead. With two outs and Guthrie cruising, Hernandez got greedy, trying to pick off Suzuki at first on the first pitch to Lopez. But Hernandez's throw was low and into Suzuki as he slid back into the bag, scooting past Kevin Millar and into right field.

Betancourt, who walked with one-out in the inning, raced around from second, running through the stop sign of third base coach Sam Perlozzo and scored to give Seattle a 2-1 lead.

Suzuki scored Seattle's first run, after leading off the bottom of the first with his second triple of the season.

Notes:@ Seattle RF Brad Wilkerson left after the fourth inning with what the team called a tight right hamstring. He struck out in his only at-bat. ... Seattle honored former C John Marzano with a moment of silence, and his initials and number "JM 17" in dirt behind home plate. Marzano died Saturday after falling down a flight of stairs at his home in Philadelphia. Marzano played for the Mariners from 1996-98.